DIY Funk Fingers

i think the ones you can buy are attached with a sort of neoprene sleeve.

 

That'll be interesting, it'll take a lot of practice to get good though. I might try that, I never throw away my broken drumsticks
Anyhoo, please don't buy a new pair of drumsticks and break them. Talk to your drummer, see if he/she (gender parity ftw! ) has any old ones they don't want, yet are not broken in the places you need them to not be broken.

 

I have a pair of them, but can only find one. Ugh!!!

They have a slit cut in them and have a elastic band with velcro fasteners.

Oh, they're also coated with some kind of rubbery stuff. Like it was dipped in rubber cement, but not that, of course.

 

something i love about my country is that i can buy handmade drumstics with just 1$

 

I know this is an old thread, but I recently tried to make a pair and I added velcro straps to attach them, but I cant seem to get them to not wobble all over when I move my fingers. Is there a better way to attach them than 3/4" velcro? I also routed out space for my finger tips because I though that would secure it more

 

Why not just buy the original ones? They are not so expensive. Why go to all the trouble of making your own?

 

Closest I found to the originals:
Funk Fingers

I made my own, cut down and shaped to fit my fingers, used 2 strips of velcro to attach. Coated them with a rubbery plastic dip I picked up, probably at Wal Mart but it was some time ago. Don't have them handy. They didn't wobble, but I gave up on them as too much effort vs any reward. Glad I wasn't really out any money, had the Velcro and used the coating for something else.

 

Exactly. I literally had every part I needed already. All it took was a little work to put them together and since in retired, it wasn't an issue

 

The original funk fingers have some kind of plastic on the tip so they don't sound too woody. You might recreate that by putting some silicon kit on it or so.

 

Tony said to use plastidip. That's what I've got and it works great

 

Any idea if he dipped it or sprayed it?

 

I tried both and the dip was better

 

Wasn’t there a trend in the 90s where people would tape their fingers to get that sound ?